Key Points:
- Simplify infrastructure management by enabling Windows® administrators to monitor and manage your NetApp® storage environment with Microsoft® System Center 2012.
- Enable automated provisioning and disaster recovery through integration with System Center Orchestrator customized workflows.
- Enable cost-effective disaster recovery.
- Optimize existing storage utilization to reduce capital and operating cost requirements.
- Lower administrative costs by leveraging existing management tools and skills.
With OnCommand™ Plug-in for Microsoft (OCPM), you can streamline infrastructure management, automate provisioning, and enable cost-effective disaster recovery for NetApp storage systems using your existing management tools and skill sets.
OnCommand Plug-in for Microsoft consists of NetApp products and toolkits that enable you to manage and monitor physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructures using Microsoft System Center 2012.
Download and install OCPM to enjoy these benefits:
- Monitoring of server and storage availability and capacity for Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper-V™ virtual machines (VMs)
- Rapid isolation of problems using SCOM’s alert, NetApp PRO tips, and health explorer views
- Automated rapid provisioning of space-efficient VMs with System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) or Windows PowerShell™ rapid provisioning cmdlets
- PRO tips with autoremediation for deduplication and volume autosize settings within the SCVMM console
- Administrator-created workflows for automated and simplified disaster recovery
OCPM enables administrators to automate disaster recovery planning, preparedness, and testing as well as planned and unplanned failover and failback workflows through NetApp provided PowerShell cmdlets.
With OCPM, IT administrators can leverage the management features of SCOM, SCVMM, and System Center Orchestrator to deploy more systems without adding more system administration resources.
Learn more about OnCommand Plug-in for Microsoft and how our storage and data management solutions can help you get the most from your Microsoft technology investment. Or arrange a visit to your local Microsoft Technology Center.
